San Francisco, California

: San Francisco redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation).

Education

The city is served by San Francisco Unified School District.

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Despite its limited geographical space, San Francisco is home to a multitude of Universities and Colleges.

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Public universities include:

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• University of California, San Francisco, primarily a Medical School, located north of Forest Hill
• San Francisco State University located in the southwest corner of the city near Lake Merced
• Hastings College of the Law located downtown at its Civic Center
• City College of San Francisco, one of the largest community colleges in the country is located in Vistication Valley.

There are also a number of private art schools that operate across the city. Other private schools include:

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• the Jesuit-run University of San Francisco, one of the first universities established west of the Mississippi, located in the center of the city
• Golden Gate University, a liberal arts school located downtown,
• New College of California located in the Mission District
• California School of Culinary Arts located in the Tenderloin.

The two most notable universities in the metropolitan area but outside of city limits are:

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• University of California, Berkeley located 12 miles east across the bay in Berkeley, California.
• Stanford University located 33 miles south of the city in Palo Alto.